Just days after doing the whole Hollywood thing, the new DWTS contestant waltzed on over to the East Coast, where she hit up the New York premiere of Discovery Channel's Life on Thursday night with her partner, Tony Dovolani.

This, of course, comes just hours after Kate and Tony were spotted heading to a studio to practice.

We assume Kate's seen them since touching down in the Big Apple. After all, her Pennsylvania home isn't that far away.

If not, though, she will today. At least in passing.

Friday is supposedly when Kate and Tony will begin strutting their stuff on the makeshift dance floor built in her basement, tellingJimmy Kimmel the other night, "while [the children] are home or sleeping."

No word yet, however, if Kate has had a doorman and a velvet rope installed at the top of the stairs.